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There's a very simple explanation for this: even though there's definitely a fan base for such games, in the grande scheme of things it's still a very niche genre. For a game to be financially-viable one needs a wide player-base, that's why we see a never ending flow of harem games. Meanwhile niche genre games are mostly passion projects that aren't driven by profit motive (in most cases). That's not to say, that they can't be successful even with a small fan base, especially, if they're done well.[...] Trap-only dating sims aren't exactly common; in fact, I think this is the only western game of the genre (there are several translated japanese games, but even they can be counted by fingers).
Only time will tell if this was a masterful cash-grab project exploiting a passionate fan base, or a long streak of unlucky/bad choices by the dev that has delayed this game from seeing daylight so far.
All in all, I'm still rooting for this game to materialize into something more than just a demo, but until that day comes, I'm exploring others games and not betting all my chips on this one.